Harnum provides a brief history of and context for Indigenous languages in the NWT and Yukon Territory, as well as colonial governance and its history in the north, before turning to historical languages and shift (for example, the gradual erosion of the distinction between Yellowknives Dene and their neighboring languages and cultures). Next, the author turns to contemporary trends in the NWT legislature, curriculum development, and training programs.

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Harnum, Betty. “Language in the Northwest Territories and the Yukon Territory.” In Language in Canada, edited by John Edwards, 469-82. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998.

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